Body-wire and handle for dish-pans



(No ModeD) J. B. MELLOY.

- BODY WIRE AND HANDLE FOR DISH PAN S. I Iva-377,632. V Patented Feb. 7,1888.

WITNEEEEEQ INVENTEIF-l 14. Perms a a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JAMES B. MELLOY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. v

BODY-WlRE AND HANDLE FOR DlSH-PANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,377,632, dated February7, I888.

Application filed May 18, 1886. Serial No. 202,551. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. MELLOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadela phia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Body- Wire and Handles for'Dish-Pans and Similar Vessels; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the m invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification, in which-- Figurel is aperspective of combined bodywire and handles with strengthening-wires. r5 Fig. 2 is a perspective of combined body-wire and handles, and Fig. 3is a plan of dish-pan having combined body-wire and handles andstrengthening-wire applied thereto.

My invention has for its object to provide a combined body-wire andhandles for dish-pans and similar vessels. I

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, hereinafter described andclaimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

represents a wire in the shape of a ring,which forms the body-wire for adish-pan, B, and is applied to the latter, in the usual manner, byhaving the upper edge of the vessel turned over it. Said body-wire isformed of lateral projections O O, of such shape and size as to answerfor handles. These projections may be, as shown in Fig. 1, in the sameplane as the ring; or they may have a slight elevation or upwardtendency, as shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 1 the ends of the handles, or thatportion of the wire which forms the ends, (designated by the letters a0,) are shown as parallel or approximately parallel, and the outerportion of the handle, or that which is grasped in lifting 0 the vessel,(designated by the letter c',) as being concentric or substantiallyconcentric to the ring. In Fig. 2 the ends 0 c of the handles arecurved, so as to cause the latter to widen as it recedes from the ring.5

In some cases where dish-pans are made of several pieces, if the handleshould straddle the. seam between two of these pieces, a weakness mightoccur, to remedy which a supplemental wire (marked D) may be employed,such wire being, in effect, astrengthening-wire or section of'thebody-wire located between the ends of the handles across the scam inthe body andheld in position by the edge of the vessel turned over it. v5

Before applying the body-wire to a dish-pan, notches should be made inthe edge of the latter, as shown at d d, for the passage of the handles,or so as to permit the usual head to be formed on the upper edge of thevessel without interference with said handles.

What I claim as my invention is The combination, with a dish-pan orsimilar sheet-metal vessel having a combined bodywire and handles, of astrengthening-wire, D, 6:

located between the ends of the handles and held in place by the upperedge of the body of the vessel, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of May, 1886. V

JAS. B. MELLOY. Witnesses: I

M. D. GoNNoLLY l R. DALE SPARHAW'K-

